Board adds High View Court and Burnell Drive repairs to 2025 road program; approves final payment to contractor

The Village of Waukesha Board of Trustees approved Change Order No. 1 to the 2025 road program and authorized a final payment to last year's road contractor at the May 8 meeting.

The change order adds work on High View Court and a patch over the culvert trench on Burnell Drive. Village staff told trustees Stark, the 2025 contractor, proposed roughly $37,000 to add High View Court and $7,196.25 to repave over the Burnell Drive culvert trench; both additions would be covered within the road program's 10% contingency.

Why it matters: the additions address immediate road degradation on High View Court (including damage from heavy vehicles) and a drainage/culvert repair on Burnell Drive that resulted from last year's project. Trustees noted the Burnell Drive culvert requires downstream ditch work and elevation adjustments to achieve positive drainage.

Details: the board reviewed whether the culvert issue should be charged to the original contractor; village staff said contract language and site instructions left the village responsible for the downstream ditching and elevation corrections. Because of that review, the village will absorb the Burnell repair cost under the current year's program. The motion to approve the 2025 Road Program Change Order No. 1 carried by voice vote.

Separately, the board approved the contractor's application for final payment for the 2024 road program, releasing retainage of $42,313.89 to Wolf Paving after the parties reached the resolution on the culvert issue. Trustees noted the 10% contingency in the current year's road budget will be monitored as the program proceeds and cautioned that one of the planned roads could be cut if quantities run high.